Article says that Goole gets 32% of that $7 billion, which is not out of line with JPM's profits on its revenue. Yeah, Google has a lot more growth potential, but on the flip side, I'd imagine Mohan isn't in the line of fire as much as the CEO of a Wall Street bank...
Point is that he's not clearly getting low-balled at that number.
very true. and if he's a legit key man and it's reasonably tied to performance, not irrational either, to match a Sheryl Sandberg type offer.
$2.2b in profit will put you in the 90s on the Fortune 500. Google is 16th in net profit margin at 25.7, JPM 49th at 17.1 [1]. the saying is, earnings are an opinion, cash is fact.* JPM's earnings are more of an opinion than most.
Point is that he's not clearly getting low-balled at that number.